Produced in conjunction with Virago Press, this year's diary fulfills its brief with a rich selection of monthly inspirations for your writing from current Virago authors, who each discuss a favourite Virago Modern Classic author – and how that particular author inspires them.

With contributions from writers including Sarah Dunant, Chioma Okereke, Sarah Waters, Stella Duffy, Natasha Walter, Joan Bakewell, Polly Samson, and Gillian Slovo who recommend authors ranging from Angela Carter to Janet Frame and Miles Franklin, this year's writer's diary is truly not one to be missed.

Our regular quotes by writers on writing include words of wisdom and observation from the likes of Zadie Smith, Diana Athill, Alice Munro, Barbara Kingsolver, Sara Paretsky and Hilary Mantel. And our unique collection of 26 reading recommendations from top authors includes titles for your not-to-be-missed list from Naomi Alderman, Dreda Say Mitchell, Lesley Lokko, Tracy Chevalier, Jodi Picoult and Hilary Bradt.

We've kept plenty of the ever-popular blank pages for scribblings, pages to record your writing submissions and inside pockets and a sturdy elastic fastening to hold it all together. All of this, as well as essential information on how to use the internet to boost your creativity, tips on how to rewrite your life to make room for your writing, a host of writing exercises to be used in conjunction with some of the monthly inspirations and Mslexia’s indispensible directory, surely makes the Mslexia Writer's Diary one of the best ways to support and stimulate your writing in 2011.

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